Jose Ignacio Sanchez Galan

Early career

Galán's career got under way in 1972 at Sociedad Española del Acumulador Tudor, where he held various executive posts and oversaw the company's international expansion.

Galán was chairman of Eurojet.

Career at Iberdrola

In 2001, Galán was appointed the executive vice-chairman and chief executive of Iberdrola and in 2006 he earned the position of executive chairman at the company.3

In 2007 he was appointed Scottish Power Chairman.

Since 2015 he is also Avangrid Chairman.

In 2023, he joined the Global Leaders Council of the UNICEF Generation Unlimited organization.

In 2025, Galán was included in the inaugural group of the Leaders for Growth and Competitiveness in Europe initiative, promoted by the World Economic Forum.

In 2022, he testified privately in Spain's High Court for an investigation involving "alleged bribery, breach of privacy and fraud in commercial documents." The allegations under investigation covered a time period between 2004 and 2017, alleged that Iberdrola "paid Cenyt, a private security company operated by [José Manuel] Villarejo, to spy on energy companies and their executives on multiple occasions, either to create negative press or to bribe or influence officials." Alleged activities also included spying on Real Madrid's president Florentino Pérez "when Perez's construction company ACS was fighting for a seat on Iberdrola's board in 2009," trying to eliminate local environmental opposition to the construction of a power plant in Southern Spain, and harassment of a former chairman of a competing Spanish utility. Iberdrola has accused former employee José Antonio Olmo of unlawful appropriation of business documentation and disclosure of company secrets.